Japanese fans of the <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/television/2022/07/08/netflix-announces-stranger-things-spin-off-to-help-build-a-franchise/" target="_blank">sci-fi hit <i>Stranger Things</i></a> can chow down on demonic pasta and rock out to retro 1980s tunes at a pop-up cafe inspired by the <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/netflix/" target="_blank">Netflix Inc</a> horror drama. The shop, which is located in the fashionable Shibuya district of Tokyo, and is a partnership with local restaurant chain Pronto Corp, recently extended its run by several months due to overwhelming demand. <i>Stranger Things</i> has remained one of the streamer's top 10 shows in Japan since the release of its <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/television/2022/06/22/stranger-things-season-4-volume-2-five-key-takeaways-from-latest-trailer/" target="_blank">fourth season in May</a>. <b>Scroll through the gallery below to see how the </b><a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/television/2022/06/04/stranger-things-young-cast-then-and-now-in-pictures/" target="_blank"><b>'Stranger Things' cast has changed</b></a><b> since the show began</b> The interior features replicas of shops and sets from the show, set in fictional US town of Hawkins, Indiana, along with its dark-mirror underworld that the pre-teen protagonists call the "Upside Down". Patrons can take pictures next to the drama's signature Demogorgon monster, while songs from the show, such as <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music/2022/05/31/kate-bush-and-stranger-things-the-story-behind-running-up-that-hill/" target="_blank">Kate Bush's R<i>unning Up That Hill</i></a>, play in the background. Diners can nosh on food inspired by the show, such as squid-ink pasta arranged like the monster's head or the waffles craved by the psychically powered star character, Eleven. To reduce the spread of Covid-19, now battering Japan in record infections, the cafe requires visitors to make a reservation and only about 20 patrons are allowed inside every hour. "Every day at midnight, I have been trying to book a table on my phone," said mother Kimiko Nakae, 29. "Finally there's an opening today because someone had cancelled the reservation." Tokyo has a long tradition of themed restaurants and cafes, featuring everything from ninja waiters and exotic animals to vampire-inspired cuisine. But like many tourist-oriented businesses, the sector has been hard hit by the pandemic. The Lockup, a chain of haunted prison eateries, ended a 23-year run when its final location closed last month, joining the fate of the famous Robot Restaurant, a gaudy music and dance spectacle in Kabukicho that closed in March 2020.